Media storage bin and method of using same

A method of collecting a stack of pieces of media comprising the steps of:

• providing a media storage bin, said bin including a floor and a pair of spaced apart walls, at least one of said pair of spaced apart walls including a top wall surface, said pair of spaced apart walls spaced to receive pieces of media to retain said pieces of media in a stacked condition;
• providing a drop control flap mounted to an individual one of said pair of spaced apart walls and projecting into said bin to engage a piece of media to delay the fall of a piece of media into the bin said individual one of said spaced apart wall including a top surface;
• providing a platform in said bin for supporting a stack of pieces of media, said platform being disposed between said floor and said wall top surface;
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• maintaining the top of said stack of pieces of media at a predetermined distance from said top surface to provide thereby a constant fall distance between an individual one of said pieces of media and said top surface.